Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 21, 2012

I’m back! I love the poster design, Mike and Joe! Thanks for making an old man very happy! Now I have to ait to find out who my sidekick is!

Good morning all…

Yay, VB! So ‘Blowhard’ Flintheart is your sidekick, ’eh? Who knew?

What is that fish on top of the building?

Thrilling Days of YesteryearThey did some pretty good westerns didn’t they?

Wow, Vista Bill is a super star!

are they sure that’s not another fake hospital room?

Holy cow! Vista Bill and Vitamin together on the big screen. An auspicious development, indeed. Hope those old prints are in good shape!

Vitamin Flintheart! HUZZAH!

Chief Patton is still showing a head wound, Tracy is still weak from the blood-draining by Stiletta the Vampire, and Sam is nowhere to be seen (probably out getting his shoes re-heeled). No offense intended VB, but I preferred the Lone Ranger (see Tarry’s link, above) to the (Tracyverse/panel 3) “Vista Bill” B-features: I always was put off by the buffoonery of sidekicks like Gabby Hayes or Blowhard Flintheart!

Aww man, now I gotta ask V.B. for an autograph. Very cool move Team Tracy!

#15…getting closer to the top ten! Clearly, we haven’t seen the last of Ms. Jones. DT’s been placed on notice! And…hurray Vista Bill!!!!

Thoughtful and inclusive touch for our ’ Good Morning ’ Vista Bill ! Way to go !The yellow fish on the roof (?) - for a brief moment there, I thought it might have been a return of the Yellow Rubber Ducky synbol, well known from past years (?) But it wasn’t, when enlarged !

Them sidewindin’, bushwhackin’ varmints went THAT-a-way!

Vitamin has said before that there were stretches of his career when he took any role offered just to have a pay check. But sidekick in a western?!?

The only actor I can think of off hand with comparable highs and lows and highs again is Martin Landau…but I’m sure this sort of thing happens a lot in acting.

23!!!! up 15 from yesterday, nice rebound! lol! oh noo… VISTA BILL!!! i bet your sidekick is mr sluggo ;)

Congratulations Vista Bill! That’s awesome!.I wonder if this is the start of a new story or perhaps Vitamin is the target of Stilleta’s revenge too. He was involved in the Flattop case and Angeltop had the Brow’s son shoot him for revenge as I recall.

youd think that the MCU would try a little harder to find stiletta…after all, those jones’ are hard to keep up with ;) but i kinda think that mike and joe were “cut off at the knees” so to speak… this story was just kicking into high gear when they hit their six week limit. the only clue they have is that she was headed to a cabin that was about an hour away. look, i’m no genius but even i know how to use google earth lol. a cabin would HAVE to be in a wooded area near a lake somewhere…so just check for lakes nearby that are within an hours drive and go from there. it couldnt be TOO HARD to find an ambulance hidden in the woods can it? unless that “cabin by the lake” is the home of JASON VOORHEES! lol!

WTG, VB! Gettin’ recognized by Mike & Joe is a better honor than having a State Dinner throwed at ya!

Does anyone else wonder what Stiletta did with Tracy’s blood? She must have several pints frozen somewhere for some nefarious purpose! I can’t see someone like her just throwing it away.

Whoa! Congrats Vista Bill!! Who knew? <3

that’s amazing! Congrats, Bill!

Any thoughts I had about the story ending and shark jumping (strecher skating?) were scrambled with joy the awesome Vista Bill-board. Is the fish a phish?

Tracy is going to need at least a few days to recover, because of the “blood work” he had done to him. That’s fine. But then, he should go over that warehouse with a fine tooth comb. Come on! A female master criminal and two stooges would certainly have left SOME clue, especially because they were forced to leave in a hurry. A match book cover, a bit of paper stuck to their shoes, even soil from the “cabin” they mentioned. tsull2121 had a couple of great detecting ideas, as well, about how to find where the cabin might be located. But, it sounds from today’s dialog like they are just going to sit around and wait to “hear from Stiletta”. This story has great potential. I hope it doesn’t fizzle out too soon.

Hooray for Vista Bill! I wonder if the shadowy figure in the corner of the last panel is a key player, or just an innocent onlooker.

Congratulations, VistaBill! I’m sure you remember Pogo and the ever-changing name on the skiff he and Albert poled around the swamp. But I think you got what will be a much rarer honor.

The sign says, " In Person Sidekick Blowhard Flintheart". Are we going to see Vitamin show up?

Concrats. Bill, lets see what the boys have in store for you and your host of pals !

An even bigger shout-out to our own Vista Bill! Congrats, Bill, we all envy your newfound fame. Well deserved by the nicest guy on GoComics.

Congratulations, Vista Bill!Quite an honor – becoming a featured player in the Tracyverse! And with Vitamin Flintheart as your sidekick! (Gosh, shouldn’t he have been Gabby Flintheart? nah.)I’d sure get in line to get an autograph!Really nice touch, Mike!

Stiletta reminds me of The Dragon Lady from Terry and the Pirates.

Morning VB and congrats on your DT honor!

I THOUGHT that was you signing autographs at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Hunt Valley last week!

So many balls (or knives) still in the air…Stiletta. Blaze. Davey. Moon Maiden (surely Junior saw the TV report—likely Honeymoon did as well, since it was probably on the ’net).

Just got caught up. I find it very hard to believe that Sam was not restrained—real criminals would not have let that happen.

Congrats Bill. Couldn’t happen to a nicer person. You’ll have to introduce us to ol’ Blowhard.

Wow! For the last several months, this strip has been moving foreward like a dogfight!

I remember Flatop Jr. was brought up by his aunt Flatop’s sister. Evidently his biological mother may have been incarcerated at that time. The aunt spoke to DT as the boy being very hard to handle during an interview.

Red Ryder and Little BeaverRin Tin Tin and Rusty

Oh I wanted to say firstly; Good work, VistaBill! Also for other Tracy fans. Check out this site! – http://comicbookplus.com/, I found an old Harvey Dick Tracy comic! Spread the word!

My first chance today to see the Vista Bill tribute. Well-deserved honor for a good man!

Ultra super cool :)

Ah, Edna! The Coco Chanel of the cartoon/comics world!

Why isn’t Tess by his side? If my hubby had been shot, missing for days, and treated who-knows-how by a villainess, I wouldn’t leave him for a second.

Night,.Re your comment:.“Tonto should have been [a partner rather than a mere sidekick] to the Lone Ranger.”.Tonto WAS to the Ranger. He was young, handsome, handy with his dukes, and with a gun..And he was a better tracker than the Ranger, more adept at field medicine when one or the other was injured, and spoke several different Indian dialects, as well as Spanish. In many ways, Tonto was the brains of the operation.